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# ephemera

noun (ephemera, plural of ephemeron)

«ephemera» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Ephemera are insects, such as mayflies, that live only a very short time as adults. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/#m1)
2. Ephemera are printed things, such as tickets or posters, that are kept for a short time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, the short-lived insects that live only one summer day; in talk, the second sense is used by collectors

### Examples

- The ephemera danced over the river all afternoon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/#x1)
- The ephemera of one summer day seemed endless to them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/#x2)
- The museum keeps old ticket ephemera from the fair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/#x3)
- Each ephemera in the box was a poster from a show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ephemera» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/ephemera/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ephemera» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ephemera.html) on Mova free.